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MANAGER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Despite a In English In Sky Bet And finally in Sky

memorable football’s League One, Bet League Two,
first season second tier, two managers Scunthorpe
in charge of Leicester City manager Nigel shared the award, with title- United manager Russ Wilcox
Manchester City for Manuel Pearson took the award after winning boss Kenny Jackett took the Manager of the Year
Pellegrini, during which the guiding the Foxes back to the receiving recognition for taking plaudits after the Iron secured
Blues scooped the league title, Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers automatic promotion.
the Chilean was ultimately There was an air of inevitability back to the Championship at Although the Lincolnshire
overlooked for the Barclays about the Midlands outfit’s the first time of asking. The outfit were beaten to the title
Premier League Manager season, with their Sky Bet Molineaux outfit lost only five by Chesterfield, Wilcox’s
of the Year Award, as Crystal Championship rivals simply times in the league all season. incredible 28-match unbeaten
Palace manager Tony Pulis unable to live with the club’s The other recipient of the run dating back to his
clinched the prize after his attacking power, which was award was Leyton Orient appointment on Christmas
side’s incredible climb to safety. only bettered by Derby County. boss Russell Slade, who Eve 2013 was a sensational
The unfancied London club City also broke the 100-point steered the Londoners to achievement, with the club
recovered from taking only four barrier in celebrating a return a remarkable third-placed beaten only five times in the
points from their opening 12 to the big time following an finish after his side led the league all season.
games to finish in a comfortable absence of 10 years, during division for so long. Wilcox, who had previously
mid-table position. which time they dropped into Orient’s play-off final defeat worked as assistant manager
Liverpool boss Brendan League One for a solitary to Rotherham shouldn’t, to Brian Laws at a number
Rodgers scooped the LMA season. ultimately, stain what was an of sides, is also a former
Manager of the Year Award The campaign would have incredible campaign where Scunthorpe player, having
with the Merseysiders coming been particularly satisfying for the club belied the fact they made 121 appearances for the
agonisingly close to their first Pearson given that this is his had one of the division’s Glanford Park outfit between
second spell at the club. smaller wage bills. 1997 and 2003.

CAREERPATH
down the bottom were picking up points opportunity to show everyone what a long-
towards the end of the campaign, and we term plan can achieve.
did brilliantly to survive. Have you had to adapt your management
.... with Chris Wilder, manager of Sky Bet You have talked a lot in the past about style since moving from non-league into
League Two side Northampton Town consistency being so important in the Football League?
football, right? No; at this level and the Conference the
You stayed up on the final day after an Yes I believe you have to build for the players are much the same. They want
incredible battle against the drop. Were long-term. Naturally that’s easier to play football, they want to look after
you confident you would survive? said than done with the way the game their families and they want to succeed
Yes I was, and that’s why I came to the club. is today, but certainly looking forward in what they do. They don’t have the
I could see the strength of the squad, and now at Northampton there is a distractions of some of those at
with some original ideas and renewed vision which is beyond one- the top, and in many ways that’s a
belief I always believed this group of year fixes. Coming from the huge advantage for any manager
players could see the job through. It was very bottom of the Football wanting absolute commitment
touch and go at the end, but a lot of sides League, we now have the from his team.

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BURNLEY
Sean Dyche Penetrating an organised defence
Penetrating
1
Key

an organised
Ball
movement
Player
movement

defence Dribble

Overview:
This session is
about affecting
defensive lines
by using different
types of passes and
runs. A common
fault in attacking In Passing Practice 1, the
play is when players ball is played square before
come short to the a lofted pass into the middle 30
30
sees central players pulling on
ball with no-one their mannequins to receive
going long. That the ball and pass it on
means players in
possession are being
refused the chance
to play ‘in behind’,
something they must
2 In the second passing
practice, player 2 takes a
touch inside the mannequin
be encouraged to before feeding a pass for the
central player to run on to
do because other
than set plays and
long-range shots, to
score goals you have
to affect ‘in behind’
defensive lines. Even
if there is a second
phase of play, it
starts with getting ‘in
behind’, and that’s 30
30

what this session

looks to perfect, but
players must be
willing to ‘risk’ losing
possession in the
SET-UP What do I get the Passing practice 2 (2) mannequins, and
final third when it
players to do? This next practice possible disguises of
comes to making a Area
Passing practice 1 (1) examines penetrating pass. Player 3 must
killer pass. Up to a full pitch
runs and passes. So in point to where he
It’s an engaging and Equipment The first practice
the same area, set up wants the ball played,
progressive session Balls, cones, goals, concentrates on
mannequins as shown, with player and must time his run
that asks a lot of penetrating diagonal
1 passing to player 2, to stay onside. He can
players, both in terms Number of Players passes and movement
who takes a first touch run behind or in front
of understanding Up to 11v11 to get in behind in
inside the mannequin of the mannequin,
a blueprint, plus Session time a 30x30-yard area.
and plays a slide pass but should not have
inviting them to paint Passing practices Player 1 passes to
for player 3 to run onto. to break stride at any
mental pictures in 3-4mins each way, player 2, who receives
Finishing practices Players follow on to the point.
order to give them on the back foot. Player
2x4mins, 3 pulls on the shoulder next station by rotation. How do I progress
the freedom to bring 11v11 game 2x8mins
sessions alive with plus progression of the mannequin What are the key the session?
their own creativity to receive a lofted things to look out We now encourage
and inspiration. diagonal pass from for? players to bring their
player 2 before a pass own interplay into the
We want to see a good
out the other side. All session, providing that
quality and weight of
players follow their in each run through
pass, smart movement
passes. they combine to get in
of players pulling on
the shoulders of the behind mannequins.

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Penetrating an organised defence

3
Key
Ball
movement
Player
movement
Dribble

In the Finishing Practice, play

begins from the halfway line and
is fed wide. Two attackers spin off
their mannequins and combine for
a finish on goal

In this example, the attacking team

works its own variation on the play,
but the same key pass through the
backline is made. Here, one of the
attackers chooses to shoot rather
than pass square

Finishing practice(3) mannequin to receive combined with good combination play

“Players The next practice a lofted diagonal pass. first touch, timing of behind the front two,
must be develops movement Player 4, who has
come short, spins for
movement and quality
of finish from player 3,
and the final pass may
come from a different
to get behind
willing to defenders, as well a possible knockdown then the practice will area and be channeled
‘risk’ losing as looking at blind or potential rebounds
from the keeper.
have been a success. in to a different part of
the penalty box.
side runs and pulling How do I progress the
possession off the shoulders of What are the key practice? (4)
in the final opponents. We set things to look out Just as in the passing
up on a half-pitch, as
third when shown, with player 1
for? drills, players are
given the freedom to
The most important
it comes to passing to player 2, element here is the express themselves.
who receives on the
making a back foot. Player 3 pulls
quality of pass from Players 1, 2, 3 and 4
may introduce clever
player 2. If that is
killer pass.” on the shoulder of the

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Penetrating an organised defence

5
6v6 possession with Key
Ball
movement
end zones (5) Player
movement
Dribble
Setting up as shown,
Sean Dyche we now play 6v6. Each
BURNLEY team is looking to
Sean Dyche’s Burnley
penetrate the other
side were toasting side’s end zone, and
success at the end of they do this by passing
last season having amongst
regained their place in themselves 5
the Barclays Premier before
League following a gap making
of five seasons. a through The 6v6
The 42-year-old pass. Passes possession game
masterminded a should start off low 30 creates opposed play
for the first time,
fantastic Sky Bet before progressing
30

with blues successfully

Championship over head height. making two passes
campaign in which the before lofting a pass
Defenders are not into the end zone for a
Clarets tasted defeat
allowed in end zones What are the 5and diagonal
team mate to run onto
only five times, and key things to look runs in behind, with
clinched automatic
– which also act as
offside lines - and out for? third man runs also
promotion alongside
if a team scores, it Players should play encouraged (up, back
Leicester City.
retains possession. All forward with slid or and through).
Dyche joined Burnley in
2012 having previously restarts are with the lofted passes. We want
been at Watford, as coach on the end lines. to see plenty of straight
Under-18s manager,
assistant manager and
first-team manager. 11v11 game (6) “can I play forward?” How do I progress As a final progression,
As a player, he was an This is a different game He must always look the session? we’ll take out the end
imposing defender who designed to encourage to affect backlines, We progress by zones and play 11v11,
served Chesterfield, penetration in behind with supporting allowing both an all the time looking to
Bristol City, Luton Town, the opposition’s movement of strikers attacker and a replicate what we have
Millwall, Watford and and midfielders in learnt throughout the
defence. Setting up defender into the end
Northampton Town. making blind side and session, and primarily
as shown, the ball zone, then enhance the
starts with the keeper, third man runs, and by proposition again by attempting to affect
with centre-backs pulling off defenders. allowing two attackers ‘in behind’ defensive
allowed to drop into Defenders must put and a defender. But if lines.
the end zone to start pressure on the ball to one attacker receives
“Defenders play unopposed, but stop attackers getting a pass from his team
once the ball is played their heads up, always mate, the finish must
must put out they cannot come seeking to check or be one-touch.
pressure back in. It’s a two-pass disturb opponents’
minimum before runs.
on the ball a pass into the end
to stop zone, where attackers
Finally, in the 11v11 game, zones are
introduced, with the blue defender
must time their runs
attackers to ‘arrive’ and meet a
dropping into his defensive zone to
start the move, which ends with the

getting pass. At first, only one

attacker breaking the line
at the other end as he
striker can break that
their heads line and attack the
goes through on goal

up, always goal.

seeking What are the key
things to look out
to check for?
or disturb The first thought
opponents’
runs.”
for any player in
possession should be 6
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SHEFFIELD UNITED
Nigel competent defending
Clough
Competent
defending
SET-UP
Area
Extended half-pitch
1a
Overview: Equipment

This session is Balls, cones, goals

Number of Players
all about getting
players competent Up to 10v8
and happy when Session time

defending alone, in Warm-up 10mins,

twos, as a unit, and Half-pitch practice
whilst overloaded. 10mins, 40
Progressions 20mins,
The premise here Game 20mins In the warm-up, having had the
is always to put

25
ball fed in, attacking blues make
defenders under What do I get the five successful passes as a red
defender comes across to close
stress and pressure, players to do? down
but to ensure we Warm-up
equip them with the
right tools to go about We warm up, as shown
(1a), in a 40x25-yard

1b
solving problems.
area, coned across the
It’s important to middle. Blues begin,
practise this because three-touch, with one
these defensive red player moving
situations occur across in attempting
during every game; to win possession. If
therefore we need blues make five passes
to know that players another red comes
have the ability to in so it’s 5v2, then 5v3
cope with them. Full- and 5v4, concluding 40
backs, in particular, when blues score a
have to be capable point by making five When an interception is made
25

of defending 1v1 passes in a 5v5. If reds by the red defender, the coach
situations against win possession, play
feeds a new ball in and play
switches to the other half of the
wingers. switches to the other pitch
We saw these half with blues now
defending principles chasing (1b).
produce fantastic Half-pitch practice
results against
Setting up as shown

2a
higher-ranked
(2a), players defend
opposition last
season when we 1v1 in their individual
met Aston Villa and channels, which are
Fulham in the FA Cup, roughly 18x52 yards.
defeating both sides Going one at a time,
away from home. an attacker can only
use the channel he’s
in to try to beat the
defender. If successful,
he can either have a
“The premise shot at goal or cross
here is for fellow attackers
in the 18-yard box.
always to put If closed down, he
defenders passes to a team mate
in another channel for
In the Half-pitch Practice, the
attacker advances to go 1v1
under a new 1v1. There are Key
Ball
movement
with the defender, considering a
number of dribbling and passing
stress and also two midfielders
available that attackers
Player
movement
Dribble
options

pressure.”
Optional pass/
run

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competent defending

can use for retaining

2b
possession (2b).
Defenders who aren’t
Nigel Clough involved in a specific
SHEFFIELD UNITED phase must still take
Nigel Clough is a vastly up relevant supporting
experienced football positions, albeit in
manager who is their channels. And to
currently plotting Sky
encourage them to use
Bet League One side
Sheffield United’s rise
the ball on turnover,
back up the divisions. two target men are
The 48-year-old joined situated beyond the
the Yorkshire outfit halfway line.
in the middle of last
How do I progress
season and guided
them away from
the practice?
relegation danger to We now remove cones, On this occasion, the defender
finish in mid-table. encouraging two 2v2 presses well and forces the
Previously, he spent situations (3a). Two attacker to move the ball
attackers must work sideways to his team mate,
four years with who is immediately pressed by
Derby County in the together against

3a
another defender
Championship, and two defenders for
plotted Burton Albion’s an end product. We
impressive rise from can further progress
the Northern Premier by allowing another
Division to the cusp of
attacker to move
the Football League.
across for a 3v2.
As a player, Clough
starred notably for What are the key
Nottingham Forest, things to look out
Liverpool and for?
Manchester City,
Defenders must never
making 14 appearances
for England along the
go to ground, and must
way. watch the ball, not their
opponents’ feet. They
must defend efficiently
In the progression, removing
by communicating cones opens up the game, with
with team mates, a 2v2 situation also supported
closing angles, giving by other defenders who move
across to cover the possibility
cover (so not in a flat of a sideways attacking switch
line and easily played

3b
through), with depth,
and showing precision
when passing to a
target man (3b).
Attackers must
be positive, using
“Defenders quick feet to evade
defenders’ challenges
must never whilst also being aware
go to ground, of support to the side.

and must How do I put this into

a game situation?
watch the We now remove all
ball, not their cones and play 6v4. Key
Ball
And a timely interception sees
blues win possession, allowing
This game can be movement

opponents’ developed to 8v6 and

Player
movement
Dribble
the move to end with a simple
ball into the feet of the target
feet.”
Optional pass/
11v8. run
man

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YEOVIL TOWN
Gary counter-attacking with style
Johnson
1
SET-UP
with Darren Area
Way and Terry
Skiverton Up to 44x36 yards

Counter-
Equipment
Balls, cones, goals
attacking Number of Players
with style Up to 9v9 (incl.
keepers)
Overview: Session time
This session is about Passing drills and
counter-attacking progressions 5mins 30
with speed, control each,

20
and directness into 9v9 challenges
the attacking third 12mins
The ball is fed from one flank
of the field. So this What do I get the to another, with the receiver
includes players players to do? cutting inside then playing to
attempting to attack his right to the overlapping
Passing drill central attacker
quickly when they
win the ball back, Setting up as shown (1),
outnumbering the we begin with a warm-
up passing drill.

2
opposition when
moving forward, The start man
whilst thinking also switches the ball to the
about defensive opposite wide player
cover. who receives on the
Last season move. We want to see
in the Sky Bet a good first touch to
Championship we set himself up for a
found teams were ‘dribble and drive’
exceptional playing inside. As this happens,
on the counter- the central attacker
makes an overlapping 30
attack. As a result,
run at pace looking
20

we embedded what
we saw into our own for a through ball.
play, with all players Once complete, the In the first progression, wide
men play a one-touch one-two
participating in attacking move comes before the pass is made to the
pressing the ball high back in the other overlapping central attacker
up the pitch by using direction.
our forwards as the What are the key
first line of defence. things to look out

3
The effect of this for?
was fantastic, most The key factors here
notably when we took are weight of pass,
on Watford away in timing of run, ability
November, winning to ‘dribble and drive’,
the game 3-0 thanks plus excellent player
in no small part to communication.
two brilliant counter-
attacking goals. How do I progress
the drill?
We use the same
30
pattern and
movement, but this
20

time when the first

In the second progression,
pass is played, the wide the receiving wide player
receiver plays the ball Key
simply touches the ball off to
back on his first-touch Ball
movement
the central attacker who can
Player
movement
receive either directly in front
Dribble of or behind him

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counter-attacking with style

4a
as a one-two to his Key
Ball
man, who then plays movement
Player
movement
a through-ball to the Dribble

Gary Johnson, central player who

Darren Way and has again made an
Terry Skiverton overlapping run (2).
YEOVIL TOWN In the next
Darren Way joined the progression (3), the
club’s coaching team in receiving player puts
February 2010. Despite his foot on the ball,
a long battle with injury,
offering a back-
the then 30-year-old
clinched multiple
heel to the central
promotions with Yeovil attacker, or if suits,
In the 9v9, reds begin
and Swansea City. a simple push of the with a 3v2 attacking play
Assisted by Terry
ball forward to that
Skiverton, who moved same player, should
back into a full-time he choose to overlap
coaching role at Huish in front of him.
Park after a stint as 9v9 challenges
first-team manager,
We now play 9v9 in

4b
the duo work with
other members of two penalty boxes
the coaching staff in placed together. On
assisting Gary Johnson. the coach’s whistle,
The 58-year-old is in his reds attack blues
second spell at the club, in a 3v2 counter
who he took into the (4a/4b). Whoever
Football League for the eventually shoots
first time in 2003. He has from the red team
also managed Bristol steps out of play and
City, Northampton the remaining two
Town, Peterborough reds now become
United and the Latvian defenders, with the
national team.
move coming back They combine well
the other way and for a shot on goal
blues enjoying the
overload (4c).
What are the key
things to look out
for?
In addition to good
passing and great
communication,
it’s also imperative
4c
to ensure that no
players stray into
offside positions
in the course of
counter-attacks.

As soon as the shot is taken

though, a counter-attack begins
in the other direction, with blues
now enjoying the overload

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CHARLTON ATHLETIC
Paul Hart the ajax passing drill
The Ajax SET-UP
Key

passing
Ball
movement

1
Player

drill
Area movement
Dribble

Up to 40x30 yards
Overview: Equipment

The Ajax Passing Balls, cones

Number of Players
Drill is a practice that
requires movement, Up to 16
passing quality and Session time

good close control, Drill, Possession and

and is fantastic for Target games 30mins
each
getting players
comfortable with What do I get the
the core technical players to do?
elements of football. The Ajax Passing Drill
The skills outlined in This move uses 6-8
the drill are used as players per setup.
With the Ajax Passing Drill,
players pass and follow
the bedrock for the Players pass, then around the points of the
rest of the session, follow to the next point triangle
though we move on of the triangle (1). On
to incorporate the each cone the receiving

2
elements practised player must control with
in possession and a first touch then move
passing games that the ball to the next target
also feature stronger with the second.
tactical aims.
This is such an What are the key
important session things to look out for?
for us because it gets We want to see
players organised movement to receive
and communicating the ball with good
well, plus helps timing, excellent
them build nerve and passing quality (with
confidence in tight pace and accuracy)
passing areas. and assured control,
namely touching the
In the progression, we bring
ball to play forward then in short one-twos and third
getting over it when man passes in order to step
setting and passing up the complexity of the
passing system
on. To progress, we
invite players to make
short one-twos as the
ball works around the
triangle, then develop to
involving a third man (2).
3a
“This is such Alternatively, we add in
an important a second ball.
session because Possession game
it gets players Setting up as shown
(3a), this game uses
organised and two attacking teams
communicating (reds and blues), one
well, plus helps defending team (blacks)
them build nerve and a support team In Possession Game, the four
(yellows). The coach blue attackers are pressed by
and confidence plays in to one of the a lone black defender
in tight passing attacking teams – all
areas.” team mates enter

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the ajax passing drill

3b
that square to play
4v1 before, after four
passes, developing play
Paul Hart to the other attacking
CHARLTON ATHLETIC team (3b). Side support
Paul Hart is an players help the team in
experienced and possession.
respected football If the defender wins
coach who has
the ball, the practice is
managed in the top five
divisions of English
restarted with the other
football, including in attacking team. Rotate
the Premier League the defending team
with Portsmouth. Yet every two minutes.
arguably his greatest
What are the key
achievement was
steering the progress of
things to look out for?
the Nottingham Forest We want to see
They successfully make four
academy around the composure under passes – utilising the yellow
turn of the millennium, pressure - quick play support player – before the
during which time and movement, quality ball is switched to the red
future Premier League attacking team
passing, and players

4a
players David Prutton, using an open body, as
Jermaine Jenas, Gareth
well as having a plan and
Williams and Michael
Dawson were all
a picture before the ball
blooded. reaches them.
Target game
With a player in each
corner, we play 5v5 in
the middle; there are
support players on the
outside. Reds pass
and move to play to
targets in the corners.
“We want If successful, the target
switches to his opposite
to see man, who plays into the In Target Game, reds feed
composure other team (blacks) (4a), the ball into a blue target
who then play on (4b). player, who switches to
under Only target players are
his opposite man. The ball

pressure allowed in the corners,

is then fed out to a black
opposition player
- quick and we rotate every five
minutes.
play and
movement,
quality
What are the key
things to look out for?
Players must anticipate
4b
passing, and the ball’s movement and
attack space. As a team,
players using they must play forward,
an open body, create width, depth
and length, with good
as well as timing to receive and the
having a plan ability to lose a marker
and a picture when under pressure.
Progress by ensuring
before the all passes are along the
ball reaches ground, or all players are
Utilising a support player,
blacks now build and attack,
two-touch.
them.” moving the ball towards a
new target man

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Kevin total finishing
Nicholson
1
4 Reds work space and one
Total 3 They link with attacker shoots at goal

finishing central players

who lay the ball 5 In this instance, the
keeper saves but his
off, one touch
Overview: team mate is alert to the
rebound and scores
Scoring goals and
1 Red attackers
finishing off moves move forward in
is a vital part of the pairs
game. A very high
percentage of goals
are scored inside the
penalty area (around
80%) so as coaches, The ‘goal zone’ is
we must work on the key area from
where 80% of
finishing in this space goals come from
and with opposition
involved as much
as possible in order 2 Reds overlap and
underlap each other on
to replicate what is their way up the pitch
experienced in a real
game, and to enable
players to get the
most out of training.
This is a practice that
develops into a total
2 4 The attacker scores

finishing blueprint, For this

progression, we
relying at first on have added in
techniques being crossing target
understood and players
played out.

3 The crosser on
the right sends the
ball in
1 Again, red
attackers 2 This time the
Key
move off movement of the
Ball
movement attack is on the
Player
movement other side
Dribble

What do I get the should be from within How do I progress

“Opposition SET-UP
players to do? the ‘goal zone’, which the warm-up?
are involved Area
Up to a half pitch Warm-up is the width of the six- We progress by adding
as much Equipment Setting up as shown
yard box extended just
outside the box.
two ‘box crossers’,
one on each side. They
as possible Balls, cones, goals,
mannequins
(1), two attackers begin
from just inside their What are the key enhance the attacking
in order to Number of Players own half, working in things to look out move by providing a
replicate what Up to a full squad pairs. Combining with for? wide crossing option,
with the two attackers
the support players in
is experienced Session time
Each practice 10mins, the centre of the pitch,
We’re looking for
players to work two- then ensuring they get
in a real game, Small-sided game they underlap and touch, with speed, on the end of a cross
20mins coming into the box (2).
and to enable overlap each other,
with the ball making
and using vision and
positive attacking
players to get its way inside the box angles, and for the shot
the most out from where a shot is to be taken from within
taken on goal. This
of training.” the goal zone.

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total finishing

3a
Finishing from all 1 Attackers work 4 Attackers combine
angles in groups of three for a shot on goal as the
defenders move in to
Next we move this close down the threat
into a fantastic
attacking practice that
prepares attackers
for the possibility of
goalscoring options
emerging from all sides
of the penalty box.
Attackers work in 2 In the first
3 Another
groups of three. In the phase, a deep
attacker makes a attacker makes
first phase, two of the run from deep a blind side run
three advancing from
midfield receive a
pass from the edge of
the box, then take the 6 In the second phase, the late
arriving attacker receives a
ball on against a lone diagonal pass and shoots first-
defender to attack the time from the edge of the penalty

3b
goal 2v1 (3a). area

Next, the remaining 7 An additional blue

defender moves in to
attacker receives a close down the threat
diagonal pass to the
edge of the box and
finishes first time (3b),
as a second defender
emerges from the side
of the goal.
Finally, two crossers
on either the left or the
right combine for the 5 On the left, a pair
three attackers in the of attackers prepare
box to challenge 3v2 a crossing threat
in the middle from a
flighted ball in (3c).
Now attacking groups
of three rotate in
position on the pitch.
What are the key 8 Smart combination play
things to look out results in a cross from the left
for? 9 Now 3v2 in the middle,
one of the attackers gets
Attackers must his head to the ball and

3c
communicate well, scores
know their roles and
be positive in their
attacking ambitions.
Getting a shot away
quickly is vital in the goal
zone, as is the creation
of space both for
themselves and team
mates.

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total finishing

Half-pitch practice 2 After making the layoff

4a
the second support player In the Half-pitch Practice,
Next we move into a breaks for the corner pole mannequins block
physically demanding direct routes to goal,
encouraging players to
practice, set up as 1 The first attacker shoot from an angle
Kevin Nicholson shown (4a). At the top plays one-two passes
CARDIFF CITY end mannequins are with players on the
cones
Kevin Nicholson is placed in the goal area
Academy Head Coach at to act as obstacles.
Sky Bet Championship Their placement
club Cardiff City. creates the need for
Nicholson joined the angled finishes, with
Bluebirds last summer attackers emerging in
from Exeter City where pairs from the central
he had operated as area.
Under-18s manager,
and previous to that After the first phase,
was hugely successful one setup player 3 Defenders move
in seven years at Derby leaves his station to into place to close
County and Stoke City. run around the pole down the threat posed Players line up on both
by the attacking pair sides of the goal, for right
The 28-year-old has near the top corner. and left foot shots. As the
built up a reputation as He advances down second support player
one of the most forward- the wing to send over a breaks for the corner
they start their run
thinking coaches in cross for two attackers
the game, and backed at the other end (4b).

4b
by a wealth of awards This will initially be a 4 The wide
and qualifications is attacker bursts
2v2 attacking situation, down the wing
looking to bring on
but we can tweak
the development of
Cardiff’s Academy
numbers as we see
structure, which in the fit and depending on
past has unearthed how well attackers
considerable such are adapting to the
talent as Aaron Ramsey, practice.
Rob Earnshaw, Darcy
Blake and Joe Ledley.

5 He delivers
a cross that is
attacked in a 2v2

6 A goal is scored Now the next move begins

towards the top goal in this
Key
Ball continuous practice
movement
Player
movement
Dribble

“We’re looking Small-sided game defend the cross then in a speedy end-to-end attacking urgency.
counter-attack with small-sided game. Accuracy of passes and
for players To conclude, we
can put this into a the aid of a third man, crosses is obviously
What are the key
to work two- small-sided game by spreading wide and
things to look out
still imperative, but
meeting a centre players must show
touch, with placing together two
from a crosser at the
for?
willingness to make it
penalty boxes, with
speed, and two crossers outside opposite end. With In addition to the into attacking areas,
technical/tactical
using vision the lines in each half. quick rotation of
players (from each elements already
gambling for position
and space with every
Always 3v2 in favour of
and positive attackers, defenders goal), any foiled attack outlined, each practice perceived opportunity
attacking who successfully then becomes an must be conducted
with speed and
to score.
instant counter-attack
angles.”
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COACHING CONSULTATION
Each month, we ask one of the game’s leading coaches to answer a question posed by an
Elite Soccer reader.
THIS MONTH: Passing and receiving
Developing We begin the session with a passing and receiving practice Blues combine and feed in to the white
play through aimed at developing first touch, angled passing, support no.10, who can choose to pass to a blue

the no.10
runner or a player in front of him
play, plus movement and awareness. The initial blue
Q. I feel my side lacks attackers combine to find the white player (no.10), who
conviction and purpose receives open to play forward to the supporting runner
in the final third. How or either of the attacking players at the opposite end. We
can I set up attacks that are looking for quick and precise play with a controlled
have more direction and approach. The practice continues from one end to the other
impact? before rotating the central players every minute.
Question asked by Steven We progress using two white central players
Rogers, an amateur coach working together to combine in a way you
may expect the no.8 and no.10 to link up. This 27
from London
progression allows for additional combinations that

18
ANSWERED BY: we would expect from the team in the attacking half.
Nick Daws The key to both practices is the awareness of
QPR movement, precision of the passing and
Here’s a session we decision making on the ball from all
run at QPR. It coaches players. As the practice develops
players in developing we expect to see an increase
playing through the no.10 in tempo, intensity and
(otherwise known as communication.
the attacking midfielder We’ll rotate 36
or second striker) by players regularly
placing constraints on so they can all
18

In the progression, the white no.10

the practice to encourage experience the roles of links up with his no.8 before the
the players to show the no.8 and no.10. ball is moved on
movement, awareness
and good decision
making. It encourages Boxes
them to find space, Moving on, we take the practice into semi-opposed
exploiting dangerous boxes that provide two challenges for the players. In
attacking areas between the first example the no.10 is restricted to the small
the opposition defensive central box, while the remaining blue attackers
and midfield units to occupy the outer 12x12-yard area.
provide triggers for
the attacking team to Two white defenders protect the area in
support with width and between as blues attempt to retain patient
depth. possession of the ball before recognising 12
Blues
12

when they can play through the no.10. The attacking retain
players are restricted to a maximum of two touches possession with
with a point received for 10 consecutive passes and the intention of making
SET-UP 10 consecutive passes,
two points awarded for playing through the before attempting to play
Area no.10 to retain possession. through the no.10
Two thirds of a pitch In the second box, the no.10 is now
Equipment
free to find his own space
Balls, cones, goals, in relation to the ball,
mannequins opposition defenders
Number of Players
and his team mates. We are 12
18 plus two keepers looking for the players to make Removing the
12

Session time cones means the

good decisions on the ball and to no.10 has to make space
Key
Ball
Practices 20mins assess the risk/reward of when to play in relation to the ball
movement
Player
each, Game situation through the no.10.
movement
Dribble
30mins Optional pass/
run

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Coaching consultation developing play through the number 10

Ultimately, we are
looking to create over- Possession opposed by two defenders. In
a central 10x5-yard zone, two
retain possession but receive
no points.
loads in the attacking Taking the theme into a
third, committing the attackers are opposed by a In the second game only a
more opposed practice, the single defender. The attacking
opposition and creating possession-based transfer defender occupies the central
opportunities to score. team completes a minimal zone. As possession builds
practices challenge the spatial number of passes before
This practice is a core and visual awareness of the (whites), a blue must recognise
transferring the ball to the when, where and how to drop
component of our players beyond a traditional other attacking team. If they into the zone to receive, get
programme as we look transfer game. play through the no.10 (blue or half-turned and play into his
to develop creative Two teams of five attackers white) they achieve a point. If own colour. If this is achieved, a
individuals working occupy 20x10-yard areas, they transfer through or over point is awarded.
within a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 and when in possession are (without using the no.10) they
framework. Variations
on this practice are used
to provide individual
development of the
attacking midfielder
or second striker,
and to develop
rotational awareness
of the midfield and
attacking units. Within
our development
programme, this
session will feature
regularly throughout 16
the season.
Coaching
considerations 5
We use a five-corner
model that focuses The two no.10s (one from each
16
18

team) patrol the central area

on technical, tactical, and two points are awarded for
physical, psychological playing through
and social development.
Technical – body
position and angle of
movement, receiving
on the half-turn, and
awareness of space and
support.
Tactical – when to
exploit space in pockets,
and when to show
patience or take risks
with the ball.
Physical – sharp and 16
clever movement to
exploit space in pockets,
before forward runs to
5
exploit the opposition
In the progression, no.10s
when the no.10 gets
16 aren’t fixed in the zone and
18

half-turned drop in to receive and pass on

Key
Ball
movement
Player
movement
Dribble

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Coaching consultation developing play through the number 10

Psychological – Large-sided games attacking zone to create a when, where and how they
concentration to Having instilled the principles, 4v3 overload. We are looking can release players into
recognise cues we now take development of at the timing of movement the attacking zone to most
and triggers, plus the players into a conditioned of the no.10, the recognition effectively overload this area.
communication to give three-zone game comprising of the cues and triggers of In both games, play restarts
verbal and non-verbal of two elements. Teams play the midfield players, and the with the keeper of the team
cues. 9v9 plus keepers, in a 40x40- ability to exploit the overload. who regain possession when
Social – trust to allow for yard area with players set In the second game, the the ball leaves play. We can
brave and creative play, out in a 3-3-3 formation. The practice allows the no.10 to progress and manipulate the
plus teamwork to create practice focuses on the no.10 drop into the central zone to practice by matching up and
overloads. dropping into an unopposed overload the midfield 4v3. allowing recovery defending.
Why this works zone to trigger the release Here, the attacking team can
of a midfield player into the build patiently and recognise
This is a full session that
progresses in intensity
so as to deliver a precise
and engaging practice
that links the no.10 to all
other team elements.
Perfecting this offers
structure to attacking
moves yet flexibility in
the way it can be played
out.

20

20
Blues build from the back, with
their no.10 occupying the channel
5 to receive. The release of the right-
40

sided midfielder creates a 4v3 in the

Nick Daws
QPR 20 attacking zone

Nick Daws is Head of

Academy at Barclays
Premier League
newcomers QPR.
He works alongside
first-team manager
Harry Redknapp in
bringing through the next
generation of footballer at
Loftus Road.
The 44-year-old,
who holds the UEFA 23
Pro Licence, has also
coached at Barnsley and
Rotherham United, and as
a player made 722 senior 23
appearances.
In the progression, the no.10 can drop
If you have a Coaching into the central zone to overload the
midfield 4v3
40

Consultation question
you would like a leading
23
coach to answer, please Key
Ball
email in at elitesoccer@ movement
Player
greenstarmedia.net movement
Dribble

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EXTRA-TIMe profile WORDS: Sue McKellar

steve davis crewe alexandra

In an industry beset with instability,
insecurity and constant change,
Crewe Alexandra are something
of an anomaly. Renowned for their
strong philosophy, the club has had
just five managers in the past three
decades. We speak to current boss
Steve Davis about his journey to the
dugout and the luxury of taking a
long-term view.

Y ou have a history at Crewe as a

player and were captain at only
19. How did leadership sit with you
back then?

I was made captain by Dario Gradi,

who was manager at the club for
26 years, and while I didn’t overtly
show any leadership skills at the
time, I think the role helped me
to develop them. Although the
team was quite young, there were
some older players and I found it
tough at first to tell them what to
do, especially as I was quite a quiet
person. But I learned how to lead.
Now, as manager, I try to put my own
players in positions of responsibility
so that they can mature too.

B efore rejoining Crewe you were

player/manager at several
clubs. How did that help your
transition into management?

W hen Northwich manager

Jimmy Quinn left to join
Shrewsbury, I combined the roles
of player and caretaker manager, Asmanager,
but stopped playing when I was
appointed full-time. When I joined Itrytoputmy
Nantwich as manager I continued
to play because I was still able; we
ownplayers
won the FA Vase while I was player/ inpositionsof
manager. These two roles were
certainly good groundwork for my
responsibility
transition into management, but I sothattheycan
don’t think I could do it now. The job
is too tough, with such a wide range maturetoo.
of responsibilities, to combine two
roles.

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steve davis crewe alexandra

Y ou then joined Crewe as

assistant manager, working I have always been develop and improve things, on and
off the pitch.
under Dario Gradi… open-minded and When you know you have stability
as a manager you can get goals and
T hat couple of years was a
huge learning curve and
listened to other plan ahead to make your football
very important to my career as a people’s ideas. It’s club stronger. The infrastructure of
the club is very strong, but there are
manager. It helped that I knew Dario
and understood the style of football
important never to still things that we’d like to do. For
he was after. I think I had to learn the switch off from that example, we are moving towards a
more scientific approach in terms
style of coaching that would enable
that play. advice. of player development and we’re
looking at ways to develop the first-
It was also important to
team and the academy players.
understand Crewe’s business

C I
model – to produce exciting young rewe Alexandra Football Club understand you’ve used yoga
players who can eventually be sold are rare in the time they afford with your players.
and play Championship or Premier
I
their managers. Such stability have always been open-minded
League football. That philosophy must be extremely valuable to you.
has been instrumental in giving the and listened to other people’s

I
club stability over the years. t has been key to how we have ideas. It’s important never to switch
The type of technical player we like been able to evolve as a club. The off from that advice. I knew that
to produce will have a better chance stability I have at Crewe and the certain players needed to work on
of making it at the highest level if we long-term philosophy we share their core strength and somebody
can equip them with the necessary means I can take a keen interest suggested yoga as a possible tool to
skills. They need to be able to play in the academy and be part of its help. Those players now do several
with intelligence. If you look back development. So many other 45-minute sessions each week,
at the players who have done well managers don’t because they don’t which they love.
know how long they are going to be
Y
for Crewe, then gone on to a career our chairman, John Bowler,
at a higher level, it is clear just how in their jobs.
was recognised in May at the
successful the model is. We believe Given that I fit so well with the
LMA Annual Awards Dinner for his
we have the right model in place and philosophy and culture of the
services to football. What is your
so we stick to those principles. club, as long as I continue to have
relationship like with him?
a moderate amount of success on

I s everyone at the club committed

to the same philosophy and is
that clarity of purpose important to
the pitch and keep the club running
as a business by producing and T he manager-chairman
relationship is the most
important in any football club. My
selling players, then I’m confident
you as manager? I’ll be given the time I need to help relationship with John is very open

Y ou can’t be successful and you and honest; we discuss everything

can’t produce good footballers that happens around the football
unless you have unified thinking. CAREER PROFILE club and nothing is swept under
You need the buy-in of everyone the carpet. We talk almost every
Player day and I see him both in the work
around you, at all levels; everyone
must be on your side, understand 1982-1983 Stoke City environment and outside of it.
what you’re trying to achieve and 1983-1987 Crewe Alexandra That’s how every manager-
work towards the same objectives. 1987-1991 Burnley chairman relationship should be if
Positivity is also very important 1991-1998 Barnsley things are to run smoothly. You can’t
to me. If you can harness enough 1997 York City (loan) cut people off when things are going
positivity among your staff it will well, because it is so important
1998 Oxford United (loan)
then rub off on the players. to have someone to turn to when
1998-2000 Oxford United
We couldn’t have achieved the things take a turn for the worse.
2000 Macclesfield Town After all, the manager’s job can be a
success that Crewe has seen over
the last 18 months – promotion Manager very lonely one.
to League One, winning the 2000-2002 Northwich Victoria
Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and the 2004-2009 Nantwich Town
sale of players – without everyone 2011- Crewe Alexandra Interview reproduced with kind permission of
pulling in the same direction. The Manager magazine

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booked: this month’s choice By Richard Aldhous

Wearethechampions

The Champion’s Mind: How Great to trying to emulate from the NBA,
Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive unquestionable PGA Tour, NFL
By Jim Afremow
sporting greats. and field hockey.
£14.74, Rodale Press
It also assesses typical The only criticism
of this clinical

A
human emotions that
ccording to Jim Afremow, and unrelenting
climb to the fore when
author of The Champion’s tome to positive
going after success.
Mind, a warmly received thinking is just that
The Champion’s
tome to positivity and self-belief, – it’s unrelenting.
Mind explains that the
recognising greatness in others Although it steers
outcome is nothing
is the first step towards realising EXCERPT: clear of the sort of
without a passion My favourite
it in oneself. Put simply, if you punishing repetition
know what it looks like (even in and fascination for description of what that certain attitude
those whose prowess you have no the process, and that excellence in the sports altering mediums
chance of bettering) you have the discomfort in the world looks like comes from can give, it does
potential to nurture and harness pursuit of goals, Anson Dorrance, the legendary nonetheless continue
some strong level of achievement ambitions and dreams University of North Caroline to peck persistently
in yourself. is perhaps the most women’s soccer coach. He was at the psyche with
important thing of all. driving to work early one morning, a constant stream
Unlike other sports psychology
It looks at modern and as he passed a deserted field, of advice. Perhaps
books, this isn’t so much about
approaches to he noticed one of his players off in more clearly defined
leadership of a group (although
achievement (sports the distance doing extra training conclusions may have
there is significant advice in
science) and traditional by herself. He kept driving, but he been a better way to
that area), more leadership of
the mind. The book plays out (Buddhism), profiling the later left a note in her locker: “The let the reader ease
positives and negatives vision of a champion is someone themselves away
by introducing and assessing
of each, and always who is bent over, drenched in from its 269 pages in
a number of different mental
suggesting ‘take away’ sweat, at the point of exhaustion order to be able to put
attitudes, explaining how some
ideas that can be easily when no-one else is watching.” the plan into action?
are right for certain personality
types but not all. packaged and played out The young woman, Mia Hamm, Instead, the book can
on the training pitch. would go on to become one of the leave you feeling as
There are constant references to greatest players in the history of
successful athletes, sportsmen And Afremow is though you have been
the sport. bullied into ‘positive
and women, often detailing an certainly well qualified
exampled individual’s fight to to judge, having mental attitude’
climb to a level of superiority, assisted numerous high school, submission, and if ever there was
with inside stories and unique collegiate, recreational and a contradiction to be had, then
insight laying the foundations professional athletes over the that is surely it.
for others to begin on the path past 15 years, across everything

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